Vortices and invariant surfaces generated by symmetries for the 3D Navier-Stokes equations

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-108

  Grassi, V ^a,b   Leo, R A ^a,b   Soliani, G ^a,b   Tempesta, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI LECCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INVARIANCE; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW;

BURGERS-LUNDGREN THEORY; LIE-POINT SYMMETRIES;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

EID: 0034300291     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00223-5     Document Type: Article

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